The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-02-10
E.. s MILLS FIGHT WITH THE
COUNTY BOARD.

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COUNTY BOARD.
THE CHAIRMAN AGAIN DEFENDS THE
BOARD - FALSEHOOD AND
TRICKERY SHOWN
UP
EDITOR ADvANCE:-The editor of the
Globe says that Mr.. Mills has been
luSged into this matter quite unnec:
cessarily." lie does not deny the
charge that Mr.. Mills wrote the great
er part of that first attack on tae Board
il the Globe Of Jan. Goth. nor will Mr..
Mills ever sqaarely deny that charge.
He will simply try to dodge that ques-
tion. DoDG1NG is Mi!I's great forte.
He lacks the manly courage to come
out over his own signature and make
his charges against the Board, but
seeks to protect himself behind the ed.
itOr.
This fight uYon the Board is the
fight of E. :. Mills. lie opened the
battle. marked out the line of attack,
and it is carried on tor his benefit, and
the editor of the Globe is 4 mere pup
pet who dances and kicks while Mills
pulls the string, and while the editor is
cutting his fancy steps to draw atten.
tiOn in front. Mr.. Mills is carrying on
his bush shwhacking war against the
Board.
Let us see how honest these men
who commence their article with quo
tatiOns OF scri pture are:
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to prove that the Globe was entitled to
the printing (other than the delinquent
tax listl because it was the lowest bid
der. Have they proved it or have they
tried to do 50? They haye done neith-
er. They have simply been dodging
the question and trying to deceive the
public. They never have even claimed
that the Globes bid was the lowest on
the whole work bid for and included in
the one contract. This bid covered
the printing of the annual statement.
all legal notices and the proceedings Of
the Board, to be lpt in one contract. 1t
WAS not to be divided up into separate
items and let separately but all
together.
Both editors, in their bids for this
work, separated the items into CLASSES
and differed in their price on the off.
ferent classes. The editor of the Globe
Was lowest on the annual statement,
they were both just alike on other
work, and on the proceedings of the
Board the ADVANCE was the lowest
The question for the Board tu decide.
and the one they did decide. was which
bid, taken as 4 whole, (including all oi
the work in that bid) was the lowest
This they decided in favor Of the AD.
VANCE, and that decision was
right.
See bids in Srd column of ADVANCE
Of Jan. 18th.
Mr.. Mills, in his article Of Jan. 2Ot|,
in the Globe. singles out the one item
Of the annual statement from the Othe,
work with whicj it was let, and makes
his attack upon that alone. wholly ig-
noring everything else. The editor has
ever since closely followed that lead
Tue editor admits in his last issue that
the ADVANCE was entitled to the
printing Of the proceedings Of the
Board. That is an admission that the
ADVANCE was entitled to the whole Ot
hat printing. for. as | have shown.
the annual statement and the proreed
ings Of tn. Board c'a,ld not be separated
bit must 90 togcthcr. such were the
terms Of the bids. This both of these
men we'll know. But they are not
seeking facts. II they we've. why has
not Mr.. Mills. who has all tn data in
his Office to prov which bid WAS in
fact the lowest, (by showing the rela-
tive amounts Of the two kinds Of work
tO-wit: the annual statement and the
procet dings Of the Board) used that
1.~1 ~, NJ:
the Board asked him to DO 1T the time
Of considering the bids. The pdito,
admits that we asked this OF Mr.. Mills
hut says we only gave him ten minutes
in which to produce that evidence.- -
The fact is. that inside Of five minutes
Mr.. Mills announced that he could not
! find the bills that would have settled
that question by showing the amour
Of those two kinds of printing. 1t was
not for his interest to find them. l,
would have settled the QUESTION against
him, and knowing it. he lodged.
Let us look 1T the bids on that an
nual statement that they have harped
so much about:
See bids on 3rd column of ADVANCE
| Of Jan. 18th.
Both ADVANCE and Globe use tht
!. gal rates for printing AS a basis foI
| their bids
See Statutes. page 1872, section 81
Legal rates are Is cents per folio fo1
st insertion. and 35 cents for each ad-
ditional insertion.
The annual statement must be print
! ed three weeks.
The bid of the ADVANCE was lega
rates, that is. 374 cents per folio for Isl
insertion. and 1T per folio for each ("
the other two Insertions; total u!
cents.
The Globe bid was Of legal rates
that is. Is cents per folio for 1st inser
tion. and 11s cents for each "f the 9th
er two Insertions; total 4S5 cents.
Both Mr.. Mills and the editor CLAIM
that the Gl"be bid WAS Is cents per f"
lilo. If so, then the ADVANCE bid wa:
374 cents. They only count one inse,'
tion when reckoning for the Globe an(
three insertions when determining th'
bid of the ADVANCE. This is thel
idea of fairness.
No one ever denird that the Glob'
was lowest on the annual Statement
but to offset this diff. ence in favor o
the Globe. the bids on the proceeding:
If the B"arIi, rs yon will see. were
| CUDUt, ID Ct'utS k'Tl pI', IAOF NNNC ~
cents per folio; i difference "f Is cent;
per ioliO iU MiIIrr's favor; and the pro
cee,lings of the Board are by far th'
large share Of the printing. In th'
judgment Of the Board the two takc'
together left the ADVANCE bid o" TIN
whole the lo,ue t. ana this tact neithr
Mr. Mills nor the editor have yet &c
nied IN any OF their many articles o'
this subject.
IL the Globe article Of Feb 81. l fin'
the following. evidently addressed t
the Board:
"Pray how will you explain, excus
M apologize t" your constituents fo
trampliny upon III offer to d" the sam
work for so muc, less ~ cash. aud hp
sides t" give th- people 1900 papers pc
Ueek''
What does the editor mean by $50
papers per week?
Read his bid, That saws he will ''mai